Reading body language of women and men, Body language expert Scott Sylvan Bell shows you how to get the edge

Reading body language in pictures part 1

Reading body language: There are many times where people want to learn how to read body language. The reasons can vary because it can be fun all the way to because someone thinks a partner is cheating or a liar.

One of the first places to look at learning how to read body language is to look at pictures of events either old or new.

Old pictures can be fun and may also have the ability for you to research and understand the people or the situation.

Where to start reading the body language of pictures

It is a good idea to learn about facial expressions to help you learn about nonverbal communication. The basic emotions of fear, anger, surprise, disgust, contempt and sadness can all be seen through just looking at pictures of people and the micro expressions involved.

Reading body langauge in pictures to interpret a situation

It may seem that it would help you to know about positions of the body and the language that is being expressed or that can be read.

Understanding and interpreting what the facial expressions mean will help you learn how to read body language better. The standard micro expressions are common around the world no matter where the people in question are from.

This skill or talent can be learned in a few easy steps:

·Find a magazine you know nothing about or grab an old photo album

·Pick a random picture and analyze it

·Determine what is going on

·Ask others what they think the emotions are in the picture or what is going on

·If possible see if there was someone there in the case of the phot album to see how close you were

·Use websites and look at the pictures before you read the article or headlines to see how close you were as to being correct.

Why to learn how to read body language in photos

A good place to start to learn how to read body language in old pictures or magazines. The great thing for you is that there really is not risk involved when it comes to looking at a picture to determine what was going on. It doesn’t matter if you are wrong because your belief and understanding doesn’t hurt anything. You can always use a search engine to look up the specifics to see what happened after you have guessed as to what was going on before and after.

Reading body language in photos to learn body language

If you were to have to read and explain a situation in real time and you didn’t know what you were talking about it could create some problems. Using old photos or a single picture has zero risk but there is one drawback. When looking at photos you are looking at one specific point in time and one very brief instance. If there is only one photo and not a sequence of them you are really taking a guess unless you can find out some background from someone who was there.

What to look at when learning how to read body language in photos

When looking at photos of people to understand and interpret their body language you will want to look at their:

·Heads and where they are facing

·Facial expressions and the emotion being expressed

·Where the hands are in for the person or the people in the photo

·Position of the body compared to the other person or people in the photo

Hi Scott!
The ancient greeks would make paintings with no eyes and in some culture they don’t like pictures because they believe their sould can be stolen. Do you think you can tell more about a person by a cpicture or in real?

I only know a few things about body language, but I find myself altering my position or expression in photographs now when I don’t want people to know my true feelings. I have been told many times that I am hard to read anyway because I don’t make the same appropriate movements to match my thoughts. I am looking forward to part II.